Ducati's top speed advantage is 'difficult to accept', says Yamaha MotoGP rider Quartararo. 'Most of all it's difficult to be calm on the straights when you see a rocket ship coming.'
Fabio Quartararo says it's"difficult to accept" the top speed advantage Ducati has over Yamaha in MotoGP, after losing out to Luca Marini for second in the Americas Grand Prix.Quartararo inherited second in Sunday's 20-lap grand prix at the Circuit of the Americas when race leaderFor the first 12 laps of the main race, Quartararo fended off VR46 Ducati rider Marini but could do nothing to stop the Italian from outdragging him on the back straight on the 13th tour.
Though Yamaha ostensibly made top speed gains with its engine over the winter, Quartararo says it is hard to"be calm" when going up against Ducatis in a straightline."We know our problem is especially on the power, on the acceleration, with the wheelie.
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